Best expert advice on how to grow fruit trees
Perfect for pollinators, fruit trees produce a delicious harvest year after year. And if you have space for a small orchard, you could produce enough fruit to …
Fruit Growing Guides
Find the best advice and tips on growing fruit plants and fruit trees here. Whether you want to just have a few strawberries in pots, or go all out and dedicate your garden or allotment to fruit cultivation, our expert guides and masterclasses are designed to help you get the best results.
How to grow autumn-fruiting (primocane) raspberries
Sweet and tangy autumn-fruiting raspberries are easy to grow in your garden, allotment or even patio containers. Simple to prune and producing a crop from …
How to grow summer-fruiting (floricane) raspberries
Summer-fruiting raspberries are easy to grow in gardens, allotments or even patio containers. They produce berries from June, and just a few plants can …
Mulberry Charlotte Russe Growing Guide
Hard to find the fruits in supermarkets, you can have all the joys of growing your own mulberries without the hassle of keeping a large tree. Mulberry …
Cucamelon: Growing Guide
Known in Mexico as Sandiitas de Raton, which literally translates to “Little Mouse Watermelons”, Cucamelons are a cute little fruit with bags of …
Grafted Tomato Plant Growing Guide
Our 'Taking care of Grafted Tomato Plants' guide provides all the information you'll need to be a successful grafted tomato plant grower
Gooseberry Growing Guide
Gooseberry plants prefer a well drained, fertile soil, in a sunny position which is sheltered from cold winds. The site should be well worked to a depth of …
Blackcurrants, Fourberries and Jostaberries Growing Guide
Site and Preparation Blackcurrants prefer a well drained, fertile soil, in a sunny position which is sheltered from cold winds (Do not plant in ‘frost …
Strawberry Growing Guide
When you receive your strawberry plants from Suttons, plant without delay, provided soil and weather conditions are favourable. Should this not be possible …
Raspberry Growing Guide
Raspberries grow best in a well-drained but moisture retentive, fertile soil in a sunny position. Ideally, the soil should be slightly acid with a pH of 6-6.5. …